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Yawwwnnnnn....

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Oh my! - what a horrible country is the United States! If Jimmy C says so, it must be true that we are bad. So dreadful - and, of course, he knows whereof he speaks. It is to laugh.

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Haven't seen it and am not really interested. The original post showed a real emotional response to the film. Obviously expressing a genuine feeling and with a reasonable question for others. A post meant to engender a meaningful exchange on an interesting topic. John F cannot control himself on th...

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Somehow, my faith in humanity isn't heightened by people risking their lives to save the lives of animals. Which is the theme of quite a few of those pictures. I'm more impressed by people who make sacrifices to help other people in need, especially people they don't know. Surely that's what humani...

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Unlike some guy hearing pastiches that sound vaguely Brucknerian cobbled together from bits and pieces, this work was revelationary to me - a glimpse of what Bruckner was aiming for - what he was facing (spiritually) perhaps - and how well it extended from the first three movements. As Harnoncourt ...

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There's no need to insult the members. You have your opinion, they have theirs, I have mine. Knowledgeable people can and do disagree about this, both here and at the "Unsung Composers" forum you've linked to. What suffices for you may not suffice for others and certainly doesn't for me. Hey - if t...

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For some informed opinions by knowledgeable people who actually have listened (as have I) to the recording, and who have more to say than the above infantile potshots (so predictable) at Rattle, visit: http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,2742.0.html For me, it is sufficient to quote...

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Or half an hour of it, anyway, with apologies in advance to Lenny Goran for the fact that it was not by tuning in at home and giving it my undivided attention at the appointed time. I got a flat tire on the way to church in the town of Warrensburg (where I play the organ for those who do not know)....

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Those moths must have been sent by the Republicans. Why else would this epitome of the one-track mind bother to post this irrelevant information?

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Great picture - great bridge - great borough.

(One wonders why people shy away from using "me" when it is correct - and preferring, incorrectly, to use the pronoun "I?")

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"Gershwin was Russian"

He was born in Brooklyn. Why not then call Copland a "Lithuanian?"

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His profile no longer exists. All his posts seem to have vanished.

Surreptitiously, to be sure - but high time this action was taken.

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The question of the moment - the momentous question - is: Does Saul Chanukah have a job? What does he do with his life - besides flood this site with his monomaniacal screeds? Wouldn't it be interesting to know? Of course, he will respond - as he often does - "none of your business." But I wonder if...

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Nice pic - poor grammar.

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Who, pray tell, is Uzi Mahnaimi ?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEBw5XvguD4

If you've never seen this, you're in for a treat.

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I can imagine the lawyers lining up
to represent and look out for those
poor, put-upon villagers. Do they get
a third of the take - what is the exchange rate for the
lei? About 40 cents - hmmmm....

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Well, let's hope the Dems and their Ms Pelosi
do a better PR job than they acomplished with the
Murtha fiasco. Pelosi's first at bat was a three-pitch
strikeout. Amateurish, at best.

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...inability to shake the 60s. From US News & World Report: Kerry's Words Betray Democrats' Attitudes "You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq. " Those two sentences, sp...

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Geeze - there are plenty of right wingers around:

New York Rangers - Jaromir Jagr
New Jersey Devils - Alexei Yashin
Ottawa Senators - Daniel Alfredsson

and so on.

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Thanks for the response. It is surprising that people are reading the archived posts. Nevertheless, if this is the case - perhaps you could somehow compress those files on your server? I honestly don't know what I am talking about but it just seems that you're carrying some baggage which might be af...

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What would be the result if you
cleared out all that "archived" stuff
you're carrying on the server? Wouldn't that
speed things up? I can't imagine anyone really
needs those old posts.

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What a specious argument is presented by this thread... Who cares what Hollywood did or did not select from Baum's original - or what amplifications were added. How many films are literal translations of the book from which they are taken? Very few. The movie is one of the classics of cinema - why g...

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You’d think that after the photographic evidence that backfired on the participants in the Abu-Grab fiasco our soldiers would get the message that maybe it’s not a good idea to videotape anything that’s not done 100% by the book—And while all the participants here are seemingly “Having Fun” it’s ob...

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It never ceases to astound me that this man's music has any glimmer of hope residing in it. Besides the horrors that he suffered under the Soviet Regime, what the above post does not mention is that Weinberg's (Vainberg's) entire family was trapped indoors and burned to death by the Nazis. And yet h...

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The composer is Albert Ketelby.

I believe it is called "In a Monastery Garden."

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Mr. Wetmore: There are lots of 'em... I would recommend, for a change of pace, the excellent symphonies written by the conductor Felix Weingartner, on the cpo label. I believe all are in SACD format. The music is unique and truly captivating. Weingartner, through these works, has proven to be one of...

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In the Kalinnikov First you've come upon
one of the greatest Russian symphonies. Who knows, indeed,
what this composer would have done had he
lived longer. As it is, a miraculous work like this one
emerged from a life of dire poverty and ill-health.

Try Sergei Taneyev - Symphony No.2, especially.

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Well, that paragraph which appears to get under your skin a bit actually was taken from the prologue to the operetta above-mentioned. They were well ahead of their time and were fond of needling the funny ideas they encountered - including, obviously, the possibility of taking normality to extremes ...

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ch1525 wrote:It isn't even in the same key!! Mozart would be offended too.

Don't think Mozart would have been
offended. After all, he pushed the
eighteenth century envelope and no doubt
Amadeus would have enjoyed the new
application of one of his tunes.

Why not?

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There's nothing at all funny about having a loaded gun trained on you by someone proficient in its use, while being threatened with death if you don't kill him, and working your way out of the dilemma with a positive result. Unquestionably such an event can cause post traumatic stress disorder and ...

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And, guess what? There's always an attorney at the ready to pursue these preposterous actions. Hardly nobody today is deemed responsible for their own lives - any emotional tic and one looks to blame someone else - with the assistance, of course, of the ubiquitous negligence attorney. Gilbert & Sull...

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You'd first need to define for him and all of us that big word you used. We're in awe of your brilliance, and are honoured that you've condescended to truck with us here. Sure, hyperbole is a useful writing tool - everyone here, including your exalted self, uses it. But, let's see how the oracle res...

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Thank God (and the electorate) this man did not win the Presidency. If he had, we'd all be on our prayer rugs a couple of times a day. Chilling. And what exactly do you think we are doing under Bush? Perhaps I did not make myself clear. I meant that, under a Kerry Presidency we'd be speaking Arabic...

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Thank God (and the electorate)
this man did not win the
Presidency. If he had, we'd all be on our prayer
rugs a couple of times a day. Chilling.

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I certainly agree with all the above comments. Arkiv's search abilities are excellent, and I, too, use that site for research - but seem to wind up buying from CD Universe. CDU's search function is OK. I usually use the "advanced search" and 99% of the time come up with what I am looking for. And, a...

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Those works are very nice. There is a Hyperion (66883) which does them proud. But, for those who don't know much about Rheinberger's music, the Naxo price will be attractive. If anyone wishes to hear more of this wonderful composer, I would recommend his Symphony in F "Florentine" and his chamber mu...

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Arkiv is a fine site -

But CD Universe has much lower prices.

And very good service, too.

Never multiple packages, a la Arkiv.

I would recommend trying
cduniverse.com before ordering from
Arkiv. You will save some bucks.

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Alberich: I thought it was clear that the question applied to American composers. If not, I'll make it more clear now. Can anyone think of other works by American composers that are buried in obscurity and ripe for discovery? Pizza: I'll respond despite your rudeness. Nicholas Flagello was born in ...

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Many. Too many to describe here.

For one - or for one composer -
Nicholas Flagello. His brooding,
romantic music can be described as "neglected," and, I
believe, "masterworks."
Flagello's three piano concertos and his Symphony 1 are
glorious examples of appealing contemporary
music.

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Okay. One, who had far more bona fides in 1976 than Obama does now or will have in 08 or 12. Bona fides? Since when do bona fides mean anything? Here is being discussed the possible Presidential campaign of a person who has, what?, two years' experience in national government? Two years? And he is ...

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Back to the original topic - The passing of Red Auerbach, juxtaposed with this (ridiculous) discussion, causes one to realize how far this league has fallen in quality and fan appeal. In Auerbach's days it was a beautifully-conceived team game, populated with informed, educated, well-spoken players ...

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Yes - it's an amazing difference in timings.
For me, the structure of the finale doesn't hold and it
falls apart at such extreme tempos. It loses me somewhere
along the way. But it sure
is interesting to hear.

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popagano wrote:I'm curious who you think the greastest Austro-Germanic composer is of the High-Late Romantic Period.

(I personally would say Gustav Mahler, but he can be very depressing to listen to, and you might need a brake from him once in a while.)

Yes, true - Mahler was into hydraulics.

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jbuck919 wrote:[
All the nightmares over there have already been banned here, sometimes more than once.

You can say that again...

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Agree on the Mravinsky set of 4,5,6 as first choice. However, and off the subject a bit - what comments do we have about the Bernstein/NYPO Tchaikovsky 6th on DGG. The late (1980s) performance - one which Maestro Bernstein stretched the Pathetique to almost an hour's time. The last movement is almos...

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Unable to raise this website
for two days now. Anyone
experiencing the same?
Have they played a final note
or perhaps simply server probs?

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